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Gatchinsky District
District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gatchinsky District (Russian: Га́тчинский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwestern central part of the oblast and borders with Krasnoselsky, Moskovsky, and Pushkinsky Districts of the federal city of St. Petersburg in the north, Tosnensky District in the east, Luzhsky District in the south, Volosovsky District in the west, and with Lomonosovsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 2,868.7 square kilometers (1,107.6 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Gatchina.[1] Population (excluding the administrative center): 140,210 (2010 Russian census);[3] 132,010 (2002 Census);[7] 138,022 (1989 Soviet census).[8]
Gatchinsky District
Гатчинский район | |
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![]() The Izhora River near Myza-Ivanovka in Gatchinsky District | |
![]() Location of Gatchinsky District in Leningrad Oblast | |
Coordinates: 59°20′N 30°05′E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Leningrad Oblast[1] |
Established | 1927[2] |
Administrative center | Gatchina[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 2,868.7 km2 (1,107.6 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 140,210 |
• Density | 49/km2 (130/sq mi) |
• Urban | 36.1% |
• Rural | 63.9% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 11 Settlement municipal formations |
• Inhabited localities[1] | 2 cities/towns, 4 Urban-type settlements[4], 234 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Gatchinsky Municipal District[5] |
• Municipal divisions[5] | 6 urban settlements, 11 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ![]() |
OKTMO ID | 41618000 |
Website | http://radm.gtn.ru/ |